3rd Gear: I am a bit surprised that Hertz and other big companies (hello airlines) are going bankrupt after 3-month loss.

Silvercar with their Audi-only fleet is the only one I’m aware of.

Any company with a safe store of cash is very likely to find a controlling share taken by speculators who will slice the company up and sell off the parts.

As of now the plan is for our own intrepid David Tracy to drive down here in his Jeep J10 pickup...

...joggers who have the mask on their chin until they see you and then pull it up...

Or is it that so many cars started to ride harshly due to “sporty” suspensions and large diameter wheels that trucks don’t seem as bad in comparison?

You actually use your truck for its intended purpose...

I have to wonder what’s going to happen in three to five years when there’s a glut of these things on the market.

Imagine working for a car dealer and judging other people.

I dug down on Santander’s US subprime auto lending operation a bit. It appears that their entry point for the US market was their 2009 acquisition of an existing subprime lender, Triad Holdings. Triad was originally owned by Ford as a subprime operation to support their dealer body, who sold it to another entity in…

Neutral: what’s the long-term solution to America’s weird auto lending practices?

I was definitely surprised, given the upscale association, that they were a subprime lender.

Santander is now paying $550 million...

...$19,000 deducted from worker paychecks for supplies...

Something very similar to this happened at Hyundaii Nissan.

British car something Lucas Electrics something something, oil leak, something parts not available.

Simca has looked like this ever since he saw his uncle, Skoda, kill his father, Mahindra.

Apparently the site has already been identified and negotiations are underway. There’s a bump in the road on Highway 79 between Hutto and Taylor called Frame Switch, and the proposed site is (allegedly) just to the south of the train tracks.

Still waiting on the Nanofactory.

Used car prices fell 34.4 percent in April...